That was the question that popped into my head as I sat watching the remembrance, today, of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Has a bunch of Black men ever gathered together after a young Black girl accused a White man of raping her and burned down the White town where he lived?
The answer, of course, was No!
Before, I move on, I’d like to let all of you know that the young Black man in that elevator with the young White woman had been lured there on the supposed offer of expanding his Black business into the White Tulsa business zones. I seriously doubt that with such an enormous business proposition at stake, he took the time to rape a White woman in an elevator. He probably died not even remembering she was in the elevator.
Besides Greenwood, jealous angry White men also burned these Black towns:
Rosewood, Florida. January, 1923 There’s a movie of this event staring Ving Rhimes.
Springfield, Illinois. August, 1908
Other Race Riots, 1900-1960
Robert Charles Riot (New Orleans), 1900
New York City Race Riot, 1900
Atlanta Race Riot, 1906
Springfield, Illinois Race Riot, 1908
The Slocum Massacre, 1910
East St. Louis Race Riot, 1917
Chester, Pennsylvania Race Riot, 1917
Houston Mutiny and Race Riot, 1917
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Race Riot, 1918
Charleston (South Carolina) Riot, 1919
Longview Race Riot, 1919
Washington, D.C. Riot, 1919
Chicago Race Riot, 1919
Knoxville Race Riot, 1919
Elaine, Arkansas Riot, 1919
Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921
Rosewood Massacre, 1923
Harlem Race Riot, 1935
Beaumont Race Riot, 1943
Detroit Race Riot, 1943
Columbia Race Riot, 1946
Peekskill Riot, 1949
And then there was this:
A Tiny Kitten With A Big Mouth
By
Eliza D. Ankum
Author
A Tiny Kitten With A Big Mouth 